“Teach from life experiences, not from words…” “All my life I’ve been tormented by the thought of the purpose of this life. I asked myself the question: why do we need this life? The fact that a person works to achieve material wealth, to eat and drink, is […]
“We are all littered with trash, and yet underneath that the twinkle of the True Self flickers.” “First of all seek the Kingdom of God and its truth. If you work for the body, you must work for the soul too. Your heart needs to be cultivated […]
“Days, years, centuries pass as a shadow and we all approach our end. The life of man is a book, and every day of his life is one page of the book. Every book has an end, and human life has an end too. On the pages of […]
I was asked by Excellence Reporter to answer the question: “what is the meaning of life?” I tormented myself all evening and night, remembering how I have lived and what I had in my life, and what I saw as meaningful in this life. With great surprise I […]
*** ~AUGUST TURAK is a highly successful entrepreneur, award-winning author, speaker, and contributor for Forbes and the BBC. He is the founder of the educational nonprofit the Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation (SKSF). As a frequent guest, Turak has been living and working alongside the monks of Mepkin Abbey […]
“As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life… Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Peter, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Peter Panagore: Love is key. Love is the meaning of life. We keep the love we give away, and we keep the love given to us. Love is the treasure of Heaven. Give love freely. The flow […]
Excellence Reporter: Jacqueline, what is the meaning of life? Jacqueline Straub: I’m a fighter. I fight for reforms within the catholic church and for years I have been committed to structural change. Since my youth I have wanted to become a priest in the catholic church. That is […]
Excellence Reporter: Father Charles, what is the meaning of life? Fr. Charles Ogada: The tree lives by the unconditional giving of its very ESSENCE – which is its fruits. The life of the Sun has meaning only by the unconditional giving of its very essence. The River flows […]
‘It is Love that moves the Sun and Stars,’ wrote Dante – perhaps Europe’s most famous poet – at the end of his long journey through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Looking back at my life’s journey I too would say that ‘Love’ is the meaning of life and […]
Pondering the meaning of life means that we automatically ask ourselves at least one simple question; “Why are we here?” When contemplating this I am automatically reminded of the first Star Trek movie “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (Paramount, 1979). In this movie we were introduced to Vger, […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Kowalski, what is the meaning of life? Gary Kowalski: Whether you believe it or not, your life began 13.7 billions years ago when, inexplicably, things started. From the beginning, your birth (and that of countless of others creatures) was written into the world-lines of a […]
Excellence Reporter: Fr. Seán, what is the meaning of life? Fr. Seán ÓLaoire: Life is a dream that the ego is having; the ego is a dream that the soul is having; the soul is a dream that Spirit is having; and Spirit is a dream that Source […]
Excellence Reporter: Master Oberon, what is the meaning of life? Oberon Zell: Cherish diversity! Find fascination in the strange and unusual. Live passionately. Explore everything, especially things forbidden, with boundless curiosity. Read voraciously. Grow a garden. Establish and maintain altars in your home. Celebrate the ever-turning Wheel of […]
Am I happy? Is my life a happy one? Am I happy inside my marriage? Am I happy with my family? Am I happy in my job? Am I happy with my church? Am I happy inside my own skin? Are these good questions to ask ourselves? No. […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Debra, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Debra Jarvis: The meaning of life is for everyone to find the meaning of their particular life. When reflecting on this question, the words that float through my brain are, “love,” “service,” “purpose,” “passion,” “connection to the Source,” […]
Excellence Reporter: Brother Bernard, what is the meaning of life? Bernard Seif: Meaning is something we all search for, be that journey a conscious or subconscious one. Even those of us well trained in the scientific method experience meaning in a subjective or existential manner. My mother was […]
Excellence Reporter: Father Thomas, what is the meaning of life? Fr. Thomas Keating: The meaning of life is sacrifice. This is really a biblical revelation. In the Christian perspective the three relationships within the Holy Trinity are continually giving away all that they are to each other within […]
Excellence Reporter: Pastor Mark, what is the meaning of life? Pastor Mark Johnston: For many years I asked myself that question, relentlessly and in myriad ways; certain there must be some logical answer that, once discovered, could become my focus and end my fretting. Gradually I’ve discovered that […]
Formed by the “Perennial Tradition” and my own Catholic Christianity, I believe that the meaning of life is found in a growing capacity for union with widening circles of life and suffering, which first and final circle is often called God. ~Fr.Richard Rohr, O.F.M. is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing […]
Excellence Reporter: Pastor Ron, what is the meaning of life? Ron Vietti: I believe that God’s plan for mankind has always been to live their lives in divine connection with Him through accepting His Spirit’s invitation to live in their mortal bodies. The world has always needed God in […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Donna, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Donna Schaper: The meaning of life is golden, as in the golden rule, which is really a recommendation as opposed to a rule. It is the rule of one, that what happens to you also happens to […]
Excellence Reporter: Father Nigel, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Nigel Mumford: I can’t help it, I’m a Brit. When I hear that question my default is Monty Python. The very sacrilegious musical spoof by the same name. The moment the Grim reaper appears and proclaims, “I […]
Excellence Reporter: Father Jim, what is the meaning of life? Jim Conlon: To understand the meaning of life, I believe it is important to develop a deeply sensitive interior life—a life that reaches simultaneously into the vast universe and into the recesses of the soul. Awakened in this way, […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Moldow, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Deborah Moldow: We are the ceaseless unfolding of the sacred nature of our living universe, ever expanding the creative expression of the divine energy of love. It is our human nature to seek and create meaning, a […]
Excellence Reporter: Fr. David, what is the meaning of life? David Spangler: To me, there is no one single meaning but rather each person generates unique meaning born of his or her relationship to the world. For some, it may be learning a particular lesson, for some it may […]
Excellence Reporter: Pastor John, what is the meaning of life? Rev. John R. Mabry: I believe the only thing that gives life meaning is community. As a Christian pastor, my faith provides me with a treasure-house of metaphors and images that speaks to me about this truth. The concept of […]
“We are evolutionary creatures whose meaning in life is largely dependent on how well we can collaborate with the evolutionary process, at every level – cosmic, planetary, and human – therefore striving to align our well-being and happiness with that of the entire creation.” *** ~Diarmuid O’Murchu, a […]
Excellence Reporter: Robert, what is the meaning of life? Robert Clancy: For me the meaning of life has always been centered around one simple thing—to learn the true significance of love. Love in all its infinite glory is such a simple word, but have you ever thought deeply […]
What is the meaning of life? As the old Catholic Catechism used to say, the meaning of life is to know, love and serve God in this world, and to enjoy new life with God in the next. Sound banal? It’s not. The meaning of life can be […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. John, what is the meaning of life? Rev. John Dear: I always thought that the meaning of life was to live in peace and love, and I mean, totally, in peace and love, all the time, toward everyone and everything, from now on. We go […]
Excellence Reporter: Father Francis, what is the meaning of life? Francis Tiso: I am in the midst of Holy week, which is in itself the “meaning of life”: death and resurrection. *** *** ~Rev. Francis V. Tiso, ordained Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Isernia-Venafro http://www.FrancisTiso.com Copyright © 2015 […]
What is the meaning of life? It looks as if there are two basic ways of human exploration into meaning and purpose — fact finding and story-telling, and we get into a mess when we confuse the two. How are they related? Is conflict between them endemic? It […]
In my experience, “What is the meaning of life?” is a question that probably cannot be answered adequately by any one person for the whole of humanity. Even given that limitation, it still does seem to me that the determination of what is “meaningful about living and being […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Artress, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Lauren Artress: “Life is a path you walk to find and realize your divine purpose on this plane.” *** ~Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress is a Canon of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Episcopal Priest, Founder of Veriditas.www.LaurenArtress.com Copyright 2015 […]
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